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1
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What years was Nicholas II Tsar of Russia?

A

1894-1917

2
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How many people were trampled to death at Nicholas II coronation?

A

1400

3
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What did the Great Famine mean for the beginning of Nicholas II’s rule?

A

It was a time of serious unrest: opposition groups at an all time high.

4
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Where did the nickname, ‘The years of the red cockerel’ come from?

A

The many instances of arson and uprising in the countryside

5
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Who was the Tsar’s minister at the beginning of his reign?

A

Pyotr Stolypin

6
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Where did the term, ‘Stolypin’s necktie’ come from?

A

Pyotr Stolypin dealt with the disturbances: peasants were flogged, arrested & exiled or shot in their thousands. The gallows were in excessive use.

7
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How many industrial strikes were there in 1894?

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17,000

8
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How many industrial strikes were there in 1904?

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90,000

9
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Why was Nicholas encouraged to respond to the Japanese assault that would become the Russo-Japanese War?

A

A short, swift victorious war would detract from the unrest at home.

10
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What was the extent of Russia’s failure in the Russo-Japanese war?

A

Plehve, having encouraged Nicholas II to react, was assassinated in the streets.

11
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What date did Bloody Sunday occur?

A

9 January 1905.

12
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What caused Bloody Sunday?

A

A strike @ the Putilov Iron works

13
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How many workers were involved in the strike @ the Putilov Iron works?

A

150,000

14
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When the protesters from the Putilov Iron works peacefully marched to the Winter Palace, what was the reaction?

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12,000 troops were used to break up the protest

15
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How many died on Bloody Sunday?

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40

16
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How many were wounded in total on Bloody Sunday?

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150

17
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What was the result of Bloody Sunday?

A

Rebellion was sparked across the country, known as the 1905 revolution.

18
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What occured on Battleship Potemkin?

A

A mouldy meat ration led to a mutiny where 7 officers were killed, sailors hoisted a revolutionary flag.

19
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How did the people react to what happened on Battleship Potemkin?

A

thousands came to pay their respects, soldiers shot at them.

20
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How many were killed when paying their respects to the Potemkin mutiny?

A

2000, 3000 wounded.

21
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What was promised in the Tsar’s October Manifesto?

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To grant civic freedom (freedom of speech etc), To establish a state Duma, to give that Duma power to approve laws.

22
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How were the strikes dealt with after the October Manifesto?

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Soldiers were ordered to spare no bullets, forcing people back.

23
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What were the Fundamental Laws?

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Laws reasserting his autocratic power: claiming the right to, veto legislation, rule by decree during emergency, appoint and dismiss ministers, dissolve the duma as he wished, command land and sea forces, declare war & negotiate peace, control expenditure, overturn legal verdicts and control the church.

24
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What was the issue to autocracy regarding the first Duma?

A

It was dominated by Bolsheviks; thus, was extremely liberal & strongly critical of the Tsar.

25
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What happened to the First Duma?

A

It was dissolved when it became to critical of the Tsar and his ministers.

26
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What was the issue to autocracy regarding the second Duma?

A

It was more oppositional than the first.

27
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How did Stolypin act during the Second Duma?

A

He couldn’t get support for his reforms so passed them under the tsar’s right when the Duma wasn’t in session.

28
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What brought on the downfall of the second Duma?

A

Stolypin spread a rumor about a plot to assassinate the Tsar to dissolve the second duma.

29
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What was the attitude of the third duma?

A

They were more submissive due to the downfall of the second duma.

30
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What caused the need for a fourth Duma?

A

Stolypin was assassinated; thus, a new Prime Minister required a new Duma.

31
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Why did the influence of the Duma decline under Kokovstov?

A

He ignored it’s influence.

32
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Who succeeded Stolypin as Prime Minister?

A

Nikolaevich Kokovstov.

33
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After the 1905 revolution, what year do we see the labour troubles rise again?

A

1912

34
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At this point in history, what figure was causing even more resentment to the Tsar?

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Rasputin and his involvement with Alexandra